MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 23:48
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 35.3 2-Core 65.9 42% 60.4 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 206 20% 165 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 3687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.2% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 36.5 Parallax 47.3 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 47 Gravity 44.3 Splatting 34.6 34% 42 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdcr 120GB-7 120GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4323230067 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 70892730209635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1120 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 285 (B1) Unknown 0 0 87 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 42 60132294683 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 60132294683 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 110 4323230067 (C4) Reallocation count 96 96 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 110 110 4323230067 (CC) Soft ECC correction 110 110 4323230067 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 57 57 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 46848 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26759 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26759 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18543	35.4% Below average	Read 419 Write 81.8 Mixed 75.3 41% 192 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 5.32 38% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 4.23 19% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27550723 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 54 81703445782 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1224 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 17 4308861321 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 504496157 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 20 27550723 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 177 51 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -32620276581719 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3129792138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2333207101	51.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 84.3 Mixed 73 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.19 49% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 9.9 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 46%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16